The Village Hidden in the Stone...a quiet secluded village at the boundary of the land of wind, and the land earth. It is a medium sized village known for having a lot of criminal organizations making their home there. However it does has decently sized ninja force of its own. Though corrupt it manages to get by as an a independent nation despite its small size. It is the afternoon of a dusty hot day in the village where the Akatsuki have formed its first group.

Made up of smaller minion ninja remaining from the left over loyalists from Shina Uchiha, and Kaito Honda's rebellion attempts. And the higher up ninja of more talented ninja that make up its actual head. Though still very small in size it has undoubtedly powerful ninja. Some of which are high security risks to their old villages. The area has become a hub for them of sorts a home that they have nowhere else in order to organize themselves into an actual unit. Some of them have dreams of a larger, stronger world. Some simply seek to make themselves stronger. Others find themselves without anywhere else to go. All have one goal: To further the akatsuki as mercenaries until such a time they become stronger, and greater than any other village. The world wants them dead, or captured simply for seeking their own goals, or because they could no longer agree with the policies of their individual villages. Others are political dissidents caught up in the cross fire of their village politics.

It is on this day that Kaito Honda has sent a message out to all of his higher ranking members in order to have them meet up with him to their home base, a rather large house in the back end of the village. It is sparsely furnished, and rather dusty but it serves as a functional hub for the fledgling Akatsuki.

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Kaito finds himself alone today...as usual. Nothing usually happened around here normally he was simply managing the resources of the group since their founding a few months back. Having finally managed to form a base that he could rely on the Ex-Sand Ninja found himself busy trying to make sure it didn't fall apart. Shina was off meeting with the clerks at the bounty hunting lodge down by the river, and Asuka, one of Shina's ANBU followers, had gone down to the more...shady brokers to make sure missions were available. However for the moment it would seem that two individual had caught his attention. Every since he had heard of him Asashi Masurama, the man known as The Unbreakable Rock, had been on his list to rescue in hopes of recruiting him into the Akatsuki. Asashi was the brother of the Second Lord Raikage, and a adoptive family member of one of his group's members. Having him would boost the Akatsuki's reputation through the roof. Asashi was known for his rock armor technique said to be capable of protecting him from untold amounts of damage. Kaito crossed his arms as he looked over the other picture...this one was more dangerous...the wielder of the Dust Release Kekkei Tota. He had recently left the Hidden Rock village nearby up north of them. It would be a simple issue to assist him in fleeing. But getting a major village's attention could be troublesome...no survivors would be allowed if they were caught helping him.

Kaito looked at the round table in front of him lit by the dim sun flowing through the windows. He thought back to the old friends he had in the village...and he wondered if they were going to be sent after him. He'd kill them in a heart beat of course. He had no issue with that he was no longer of the Sand village. Still such a thing would be rough to deal with they'd get emotional, and try to bring him back. Of course he would never do so he was a political dissident, and a traitor. History had written him as such. The Sand Village would have to deal with the hand they gave themselves. He had tried to save it before...now it was all on them. A man in a tan vest, and a cat mask appeared behind Kaito as he looked at him kneeling on the ground he saw the 'x' on the Leaf Village mark on his helmet. "Taiga. What is the report on the others?" questioned Kaito as the young man nodded his head. "Sir the messages have been sent they'll be on their way soon." Taiga stated as Kaito nodded. It would seem he should wait a little longer before he thought too much more about this all.

A brown skin woman with long ash-white stood on a tree branch high above a playground. She watched from her one chartreuse colored eye as children laughed and played a game of tag. He left eye was missing and her face was scarred in that same spot. She kept it covered by her scratched up ninja headband with the symbol of the Hidden Cloud engraved on it.

The content of these children as they played brought a smile to the young woman's face. She missed the days when she was a cub, the games she played with brothers and sisters. Now those days were gone, and she wasn't even apart of that makeshift family anymore. She acted against the Raikage in rage, a justified anger to her, but the attempt on his life shattered all bonds to the Hidden Cloud and therefore everyone in it. She was a rogue ninja, an enemy to the Cloud.

As the woman watched them play, she heard the rustle of the branches below her. She looked down and saw as a masked ninja below her. She smiled at him and jumped down to his tree branch. "Taiga." She said softly once landing beside him. "Am I needed at the base perhaps? I doubt you came to chat with me." She asked the masked ninja who previously served as an Anbu of the Hidden Leaf.

"Indeed Otome. You are needed a base immediately." He responded before turning his back to her. "Now I must be off. I must be swift and alert the others."

"Then be off Taiga." She responded as he vanished with the swiftness of bolt of lightning. "This must be at the behest of either Shina or Kaito." She assumed as watch the children play for a while longer before vanishing like Taiga and heading towards the base. Her ash-white hair flew through the air as she moves across the village, jumping from building to building towards the hideout.

Once arriving, she entered the hideout and looked around the furnished but dusty room. "This place has yet to be tidied up. I know we have more pressing matters to deal with, but all this dust just has me feeling a little itchy." She told Kaito as walked over to him as she scratched her neck. She saw Taiga was present in the room as well. "You are like lightning Taiga. Your swiftness shows how loyal you are. You waste no time in performing your duty so you can return to your Master. One must be thankful to have you in their service."

"So Kaito, Why have you called me here?" She asked the man directly. She knew of Kaito before they banded together as the Akatsuki. It was more by his epithet, The Black Iron Destroyer. Like her, one of the strongest in his village before going rogue. What Otome could make of this man was that he was always well in control of himself, never seeing him flare up in anger or disgust. He had also never shown much content either, he was rather neutral to most things that didn't involve the objective.

"Sir Kaito ordered me to be quick. I would be a disgrace to my village...I'm sorry my old village, if I wasn't quick on the draw. I may not come from a prestigious family but I have my pride as a ninja." Taiga responded as he stood up, and walked away leaving the two alone he had other duties for the moment besides that. Kaito turned around his cold eyes gazing on Otome as he slide his hand across the table, and grabbed the photo of target 1. He walked over, and handed the photo of Asashi to Otome as he looked at her without emotion. "I will keep to my promise Otome. When you joined you requested we rescue Asashi from the prison. I intend to see it done however if he decides to try, and fight me afterward I will defend myself. That is if I am a part of that mission. I may be needed for the second one." Kaito stated to her as he walked back to the table, and looked around the house. It was indeed...lacking in many areas. It could be spruced up but at the same time was it worth it? How long would they operate out of this hovel? It was not a place that was meant to be permanent.

"I didn't mean to make use of this place for long but it may be best we add some more furniture to it just for the sake of appearances. I can have one of Shina's people do so later. My own men are currently seeking information on possible contracts, and following the lead of some interesting people in the Hidden Mist Village. But that is for another time. For now I need to focus on the matter at hand. And that is to make sure the Akatsuki doesn't die in its cradle. To build a new world we need people to populate that world. Without strong leader then we can expect failure." Kaito explained he had made no effort to hide his goal of unifying a nation he was open with it. The others may seek power but they were a means to an end to his own goal. Kaito's plan to make a nation devoid of political subterfuge...at least for awhile...would mean he would need strong backing Otome being one of them.

Elder

Takashi sitting at the edge of the village overlooking all of it. He felt most at peace along the walls and parapets, a holdover for when he was a gatekeeper in the grass. Now though he had before him his brush and paper.
"calm skies up above
the gentle light of the sun
comes filtering through."
Takashi set back, nice this one was decent. Scattered around him are balls of paper from poems that didn't quite capture what he was trying to express. But he got lucky with this one. He took a sip of tea that he had prepared earlier. Oh. Takashi set back, cracking his old back. "Ohhhhh." Takashi sighed as he gazed out at the village, putting down his brush. Slowly closing his eyes.

The slightest noise alerted Takashi, yet he did not open his eyes yet. "Taiga, what is the message?"
"Yes. They request your presence at the base."
"I see. I will go at once." With that Taiga left, and Takashi slowly opened his eyes. He finished off his tea, cleaned up his mess, packed his brush and paper then left.

Upon arriving at the base he noted that Kaito and Otome were already present and talking. Takashi was thankful that he wasn't out beat by all the youngsters on the team. He quietly took his place, not interupting the conversation that was already taking place. 'Looks like some missions have come in, perhaps.' Takashi thought to himself.

It was a slow day at the clinic that day- maybe 2 or 3 people came in with minor injuries. Makoto diligently patched them up quickly and sent them on their way so that he could enjoy the rest of the day and go home early. Little did he know, that he would not be returning to work.

Earlier in the day, one of the few patients he actually treated dropped off a note with the receptionist at the conclusion of the visit when he went to pay his bill. "CONFIDENTIAL: MAKOTO UCHIHA" it read in bold, Japanese characters. The patient was Koga Shimura. Makoto had known Koga for quite sometime, as he was a close family associate of Makoto's. He was the brother of his sister's equally close associate, Asuka- a leaf anbu officer who was responsible for reporting directly to Shina. It was a routine check up.

Makoto's receptionist was able to make out the characters on top of the note, but was unable to read the text of the note. When the receptionist reported this to Makoto, he immediately knew that this message would only be able to be discerned with a sharingan. And if that were the case, it could only come from 1 person- Shina, and it was likely to be on Kaito's behalf. The day had finally come. His days treating people, his time studying, the practice of medicine itself was about to take on an entirely new application- an offensive one. The death of his mother still haunted him. The one person he wish he could have saved was already gone. The only way to save his loved ones now was to simply take out those who sought to hurt them. The time for waiting was over. It was time to support his sister. It was time to restore the Uchiha clan- and no village would help him do that.

Makoto took off his white coat, hung up his stethoscope and packed up his medical ninja tools and wrapped them around his waist. It was his last day at the medical facility. He walked casually across the room to a hidden safe in the wall. He input the combination and opened it. Inside was a key that opened a locked closet that lie behind the entry door to his office. He opened the closet with the key, and aside laid his Gunbai. He strapped it on his back and threw away the key. He would not return.

He set out and eventually arrived to the base. He saw that Kaito and Otome were already there. He knew of them, but not much about them. He knew they weren't weak. He gracefully bowed he entered the doorway. As he lifted his head, he noticed a third person- some senior citizen he's never met before. This guys seems harmless, he thought to himself. Which means, he's either actually harmless or extremely dangerous, he continued to think in his mind. He sat next to him anyways, keeping one eye on him. Where is my sister, he thought to himself.

"Good it would seem that our messengers aren't taking their time. We have time though not much of it in the case of our second target. Come gather around. Takashi meet Makoto by the way. He's been earning us some small amounts of money fixing up the local rift raft. He is also Shina Uchiha's Brother. I suppose that makes him a founder in a technical sense though he only joined up when Shina herself told him too." Kaito said as he walked over to the large table, and rolled over a map of the land a few marks had been made pencil, and a few shogi pieces were set up here, and there. As Kaito rolled his hands over the map to straighten it up he felt the iron sand leek off his body and form small paperweights on the side of the table. The iron sand had more practical purposes other than combative ones.

As he pointed to the land of Sound in between the Hidden Waterfall, and the Hidden Rock he pressed his hand on one shogi piece that he had set up there. However before he could introduce himself a familiar presence walked into the room. "Don't get fussy this is just a shadow clone. I'm still looking for contracts down at the bounty station. Just not much going on down there when I left. A lot of small contracts but other bounties are availible. I'll have some stuff ready by the time I, the 'normal me', comes back I'm sure." Shina said as she folded her arms across her chest. Her long dark black hair was covered in the dust from outside, and she wore her police uniform like a badge though the carved mark across the headband on her shoulder showed she was a rogue. "You should be wearing your cloak." he commented to her as Shina chuckled. "Oh come on its hot out! We can stand to do without those for now you jackass. Look we have jobs we need to do so I need to know what my post will be anyway." Shina said as she brushed her hair out of her eyes, and leaned down to look at the map.

"As I was saying we should be ready to attack soon our first mission will be to go to the land of sound. Our mission there would be to rescue Hojo Kurama of the Particle Style. He is a rogue ninja having killed his old team for unknown reasons. He could be an ally if we recruit him. If not we can at least gain a favor from a powerful ally. He is known for his sense of honor he pays an eye for an eye. And a debt incurred on our behalf will be repaid one way or another. We have a general idea of where he is located at. It shouldn't take long for us to get there assuming the team sent there moves quick." Kaito said as he set a few more pieces up and pointed at each. "These represent Hidden Stone ninja. Avoid them, kill them it matters not for us. Do what you please." Kaito stated calmly as if he didn't need to state the obvious.

"And the second emergency mission will be to prison break Asashi Masurama. Some of you may know him as a man who has mastered the Rock Armor Jutsu a rarity in the Hidden Cloud, normally it is associated with some members of the Stone Village. His armor is said to be strong enough to take a shot from a tailed beast and not be instantly destroyed. His strength is peerless in some regards, and since Otome is from the same village she will be going there definitively. The prison he is located at is currently the one near border with the Hidden Frost. We can escape through there once done. The prison is heavily guarded of course but it was specifically made to hold Asashi and holds little else besides him. A ninja of his regard, and charisma would easily cause a uprising in another jail. Hence why he is alone. Does anyone here have a preference for this mission, or the one with Hojo?" questioned Kaito as he looked up from his papers. "I will go to the one lacking in an offensive jutsu specialist so pick your job carefully. Yes even you Makoto. We need all hands on deck to finalize the last members of the initial Akatsuki group. Our ANBU specialists are skilled but they will not be meant to take on missions like ours. We will be the heads of the Akatsuki after all. A new world"

Makoto closed his book as his sister made her appearance into the meeting. He and her had always had a strange relationship growing up- but they certainly were not enemies by any stretch. He listened diligently to Kaito, and replied, "My sister has asked me to be here and support the mission of this organization. At this point, I have nothing to lose but my own life. As such, I leave it to the discretion of the Akatsuki's leadership to determine where my skills are best suited. With that said- jail breaks are tricky business. They require planning, infiltration skills, and a certain amount of...discretion. My genjutsu skills might be an asset there, although Shina is just as skilled as I am in this area. Ultimately, I am willing to go where I am needed most."

Otome shook her head up in delight at Taiga's response. She was then handed a photo of her adoptive uncle, Asashi, The Unbreakable Rock. She was delighted to be freeing him from his years of imprisonment. In exchange for her help, she'll be freeing one of her family members and get to stick the Raikage in the process. "I promise you, my uncle will make a fine addition to our little band of rouges. If he tries to challenge your leadership, I'll set him straight." Her uncle might be grateful enough to not try and usurp the leadership role, but she couldn't promise he wouldn't try anything. "Let me refresh that, I'll try to set his straight. He is a wild spirit after all. It's been years since we seen each other and I am not an adorable child any longer."

As Kaito and Otome talked about the state of their hideout, Takashi joined them. He was an older Shinobi and Otome made sure to show the man his respect. He was known as The Gatekeeper thanks to his renowned barriers. A useful skill for sealing off an area or keeping someone contained. He didn't interrupt their conversation and simply sat down in silence. Makoto was next to join them, a descendant of the Uchiha clan and brother of Shina. He and his sister possessed the ninja's worlds strongest Kekkai Genkai, The Sharingan. He too remained silent and simply read his journal in the background once he arrived.

Kaito introduced Takashi to Makoto quickly before getting to business. As he looked towards his map of the continent, Shina had entered the room. Before Kaito could speak, Shina explains this was only a shadow clone and she was still busy as she should be. She had more of a personality than Kaito for sure. She was dressed in just her police uniform instead of her cloak. After she finished speaking, Kaito started the meeting. He explained their two targets and that they would be splitting into two teams. One team will go after Asashi, and the other team, Hojo, The Partial User.

"It doesn't matter which group I'm placed in Kaito. As long as you intend on fulfilling your promise, I'll do what I'm asked. If you need me to be on the team to free Asashi, I'll happily do that." She looked towards Makoto and Takashi with a smile. "So...Which one of you will accompany me to The Cloud?" Otome has never been in the prison Asashi was locked up in, very few people accept those guarding him and the Raikage himself. "I warn you both, The Cloud is full of powerful Shinobi and if we are captured, you'll be killed or imprisoned in the deepest hole in the entire land. The Cloud prisons are some of the worse places to be, even for minor offenses."

"I thought the Uchiha were more eager for action." commented Kaito as he looked over to Makoto Shina simply shrugged, "I suppose growing up like we did dad made him like that. Even without the support of the leaf police you don't need to worry I have more than enough skill to get us through." Shina affirmed as Kaito sighed and shook his head. "One day you will be the death of me..." Kaito grumbled as he rubbed his eyes. "But I believe sending Makoto may allow us to easily handle the enemy fortress. You will travel there with Otome. I have skill to go there myself however I feel there will be top level shinobi attacking Hojo. Particle Style is a kekkei tota that is insanely valuable. That means his addition, along with that of Asashi will paint us as targets...but attention no matter how bad is good attention for us at the moment. We need contractors for money, and with that money we can buy supplies, and other ninja to help us make our presence known. The Hidden Stone is a good hiding place...but it is a hiding place that won't last. We have to have resources to manage ourselves. Otherwise we'll just be a rogue organization for the rest of our lives." Kaito said bitterly. This hell hole was no place for actually talented criminals such as themselves to make their home....how times had changed once he had despised the very position he was in. A runaway with no home who betrayed everyone he had cared about. Well...he had tried to care about them but more often than not he couldn't actually feel much of anything it was just the way he was. Logistics meant more than feelings to Kaito.

"I suppose that means myself, and Takashi will go, and find Hojo. Otome, Shina, and Makoto can all go to the Hidden Cloud to search for Asashi in his prison location. I myself believe Takashi, and I have the combined skill to hold, and find a ninja. I am after all famed for my ability to hunt shinobi. It was my primary job as a Sand ANBU Black Ops." Kaito stated as a matter of factually as he could he looked around at the group around him. "I must stress that you do not die there. We can't afford to lose members just yet. If you all come back alive I have a gift for all of you as an incentive. Don't over blow it though...it is important but not valuable in a sense."

Makoto activated his sharingan, and glared fiercely at Kaito and Shina. He didn't activate any jutsu, but instead used it was a warning sign- similar to the rattle of a rattle snake. He said sharply, "You'd do well not to mistake my pragmatism for a lack of zeal. And being an Uchiha doesn't mean always itching for battle or bloodshed."

He then turned off his eyes. "I will accompany Otome, per request. Beside's she's hot. Let's get this show on the road."

Elder

After a while of sitting and watching the conversation between Otome and Kaito carry out, a new ninja came forward. Introduced to him as Mokoto. Ah, another Uchiha to be added to this group, what a wonderful surprise, surely another great addition. "The pleasure is all mine Mokoto."
Takashi looked back to Kaito as went through the details of the two missions, and as the others made their comments and contributions to the conversation. Takashi made notice of the little details of everyone. He surely noticed Makoto showing off the Sharingan. His time as Gatekeeper taught him the art of paying attention to behavior, though he wasn't sure how much use he could gain from it. If anything it will help him perhaps gain a better understanding of his team mates.

Soon enough the teams were divided. "I think that this is a good divide for the teams. With Kaito's tracking abilities and mine barriers we should prove an effective force." Takashi looked assured. "Good luck to you three." Takashi racked his brain for some quote that would fit the situation but came up empty handed. Ah, a wasted opportunity.

"Well..." Takashi looked off into the distance. "I'm ready whenever you are Kaito." Takashi was ready to dusty off the old bones and go on a mission.

"And you would be due to remember to respect a fellow Akatsuki. I meant no offense Makoto. You'll do well to remember that specific dojutsu is rather useless against me specifically For my own part even though it was unintended I apologize for my own mistake." Kaito said rather bluntly but without much care as if he was simply stating what was obvious up front. He looked up at Takashi he hadn't seen him in combat for the most part so this would be the testing phase. "We need to make sure this goes well it would be good to prepare. This village has precious little in terms of actual real quality supplies but the black market has some stock. If you want to use some funds to procure supplies than I'd do it. The Head of the Village has already given us a wide birth. Let us use it to the best of our ability. If he tries to keep us out afterward we can just take what we need and then leave for the Hidden Rain. Their constant conflict allow us to set up shop anywhere. Though I doubt we'll need it." commented Kaito as he folded up the map, and put it away in the corner in a sealed case to prevent it from fading. "Shina I expect you to be the muscle behind the rescue mission to the Hidden Cloud. While Otome is skilled she is well known there. Use the power of Uchiha soldier to demolish them." Kaito stated to the clone who smiled, and nodded. "I don't need to be told the obvious you know. I've got their back I promise."

Those eyes, those scarlet eyes were almost like rare gems. Both of Otome's teammates were sibling and both of them had it. Such unique and powerful Doujutsu, she even heard legends of how powerful and terrible those eyes were. Their power stretched far beyond imitating Jutsu. "Calm down." She told her teammate Makoto. "Glaring intensely at each other will hamper us forming strong bonds." When Makoto mentioned that she was hot caused her to smirk at him. "Thank you, but I am far more than a..." She grabbed her headband obscuring her right eye and revealed her scarred face. He would notice that Otome lacked a right eye too. "a pretty face Makoto." She then covered her scar and turned to Takashi. "Best of luck to you as well Takashi, but as Shinobi, we really on skill rather than luck."

Otome than stepped towards the door and turned back to her teammates. "So as Kaito suggested, would anyone like to go to the black market before we leave? Shina? Makoto? Let's make this and rescue my uncle. I'll be happy to show you around the Hidden Cloud while we're there." She sounded more chipper than any member of the Akatsuki. Instead of brooding and remaining silent like the rest, she preferred to brighten up her fellow Akatsuki members days.

"Strong bonds were what built the leaf village...didn't stop it from its roots strangling its politics. What's the point of a family like village if its all controlled by one figure." Shina said bitterly as she looked at Otome and shook her head, "As much as I'd love to hold hands, and sing I'd rather we'd all just get ready to die at any moment. We're rogue ninja, enemies of our former states. Adjusting to that mind set is something that is going to be important later do try to adjust." she told the Cloud Rogue with a cold distant stare. Kaito grumbled as he marched towards the door. "Such things are trivial stop arguing, and just prepare for your jobs. The welcome part of my bloodline trait is that I don't need to actually prepare all too much. Earth, and Wind Release Chakra are in my blood, and with my other abilities I am never without some variation of a weapon. But you are all different prepare. If not leave. The sooner we get this underway the better."

"There is no need to be rude, Shina. All of us here have experienced suffering in some way shape or form. There is no harm in forming some sort of bond with this rag tag group, especially since we will be relying on each other on the battle field," Makoto retorted.

"Anyways, i will be accompanying you, Otome. I've always wanted to see the hidden cloud anyways." Makoto said intriguingly.

Makoto stood up, strapped his gunbai on his back and walked out the door. " I'll meet you outside," he said causally as he chucked a peace sign to the folks in the room behind his back.

Elder

Such an interesting band of people assembled together all with different backgrounds, aims, and personalities. Indeed what a band of rouge ninja as Shina put it. "If we are to build a new village together, or whatever our goal is, then it is best that we all get along... or at least tolerate one another. It is the bonds that tie us together that will be the foundation of our goal. We should all though be prepared for that goal and the consequences of it." Takashi looked off into the distance again. Ah was this wisdom? He hoped so, it sounded good.

"Well if your ready Kaito then we best be off. I was able to bring some basic previsions for the trip with me before I came. I thought it might finally be a mission, seems my intuition paid off for once." Takashi stayed sitting until he was sure that they would actually be leaving, no need to waste energy getting up.

"I still need to gather food, and medical supplies. You, and I have a long journey to go to. Taiga, and the other Leaf ANBU rogues will stay here in order to prevent Sand ANBU from my old village from trying anything sneaky. If Taiga doesn't report in to us when we arrive assume the worse." Kaito stated as he rolled the map back up. He chose to stay silent in regards to Shina who vanished into a puff of smoke likely to let what had just happened get transferred back into her main body. The iron sand slithered back into Kaito's clothes like some sort of bizarre animal. He had gotten use to the course sand covering him it was a layer of protection, and a weapon its own right. In fact he could harden it quicker than he could pull a kunai. It was useful if not costly but in this new world he was in he needed all the help he could get. Kaito left quickly telling the others that they were dismissed, and should come up with a plan on their own after all he wouldn't be there to help the other group.

"Oh, how depressing Shina. I fully understand that you know, I'm just looking on the brighter side of things before the black cloud comes." She responded. Otome than walked outside along to join Makoto. "Otome than Okay, let's go to the black market to get some gear. I'm thinking smoke bombs and neural toxins that will put the guards down with seconds. We shouldn't leave a blood trail, blood can leave a trail. If they could avoid bloodshed and get in and out with the Raikage's knowledge. That would be ideal, unlikely sadly. I'm sure they have eyes watching the outside too, and they probably have regular check-in times." vanished with a flash step towards the black market where they could me up with Shina and discuss more of their plan.

The trip to the location that Kaito had given them was an arduous journey the long way to the Hidden Lightning's territory was hard, and treacherous thankfully the Hidden Rain's tumultuous nature meant that they were able to cut through the land of fire, and through the Hidden Waterfall's territory in order to avoid possible ambushes from Leaf Anbu who were still hunting for Shina. The trio made their way towards the location now avoiding the border watch had been easy due to a sudden dispute between two clans in the area drawing the attention of their local ANBU, and other border ninja in order to settle a dispute. Shina had taken off her ANBU armor in favor of some less leaf oriented clothing. It would more difficult getting through the area if she was wearing the clothes of another nation instead she was wearing some standard body armor located from the black market. As the team approached the prison Shina promptly dispelled some genjutsu traps. The prison itself was a multi leveled building that was fairly large but not overly so having been built to simply keep one prison there. The risk for Asashi influencing other prison mates was not worth the risk. There was a single outer gate but a multiple guard towers surrounding the main building. Shina sighed deeply as she looked at the area, and looked towards her team. "We have two choices. Loud, or quiet. Quiet is obviously the better choice. No offense to my dear little brother but he's not exactly a combat ninja. Good news is we don't need to worry about getting hurt too much though. I can use genjutsu to distract, and kill the guards on the wall but we'd need someone to stay behind to no arouse suspicion."=====
Mission 2: Rescue The Rock JoninKaito looked around the side of the road it had been some time since he, and Takashi had left. And things had been oddly easy no one had bothered them on the road. He had issues getting this far though finding the trail of an elite Jonin was not something easily done. Tracking was out of the option so it was only on the words of locals nearby in the Land of Sound that allowed Kaito to use his past experiences as a Sand Ninja Hunter to properly track them down to this general area."We should be getting near our target soon, I'm hoping we find him before the Rock ANBU. They're trespassers too so killing them here won't be an issue." Kaito stated as he walked down the road keeping his senses open to what was around him. He was still aware of the fact that he was a wanted high priority target of the enemy Sand Village.

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